Wisconsinites from all corners of the state value our freedom to vote. We turn out to vote in record numbers, and that scares some politicians in Madison who know their unpopular political agendas won’t carry the day if we all have a say. So instead of doing the work we need them to do, like ensuring our schools are adequately funded and our healthcare is made affordable, they sometimes spend their time attacking our freedom to vote.

This time, they have rammed a hyper partisan measure – Senate Bill 95 / Assembly Bill 87 – through the Wisconsin Legislature that would prevent people with felony convictions from regaining their constitutional right to vote until they have paid all “fines, costs, fees, surcharges and restitution” imposed as part of their sentence.

This amounts to nothing more than a modern-day poll tax on many voters in Wisconsin – which American courts and lawmakers of both political parties have long opposed and fought against.

TELL GOV EVERS TO VETO THE POLL TAX BILL